Means for pinning down waists to corsets.



s. KoPs. MEANS POR PINNING DOWN WAISTS T0 GORSE APILIOATION FILED MAY 18, v1908.

Patented Mar. 9, 1909.

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SAMUEL KOPS, OF NEW YORK, N. Y., ASSIGNOR TO KOPS BROS., OF NEW YORK, N. Y., A FIRM.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented March 9, 1909.

Application filed May 18, 1908. Serial No. 433,448.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, SAMUEL Kors, a citizen of the United States, residing at the borough of Manhattan, city, county, and State of New York, have invented an Improvement in Means for Pinning Down a Waist to a Corset, of which the following is a specification.

In my application for Letters Patent filed March 20, 1908, Serial No. 422,204, I have shown and described a means for pinning down a waist to a corset; the same however is a permanent part of a corset or a corset attachment made with the corset when new, whereas the device of my present invention while having the same object in view is in no sense an original part of the corset, but is adapted to be secured to any corset in use and probably to several corsets in succession as the useful life thereof will probably eX- ceed that of a corset.

The device of my present invention comprises a tubular member and an integralpart thereof adapted to be removably connected to the corset at or adjacent to either one or both of the corset steels or surrounding fabric body. The tubular member may eX- tend across the outer face of one of the steels, or be prolonged to extend also over part of the other steel and this tubular member is adapted to receive the pin-bar of. a safety pin of usual character and a hook plate secured thereto and by which a shirtwaist or other waist is held down in position.

The part formedintegral with the tubular member is adapted as a perforated plate to be sewed to the fabric overlying a corset steel, or as a clip of U-shape to embrace the steel and fabric edge-wise and be securely held thereto.

The device of my invention is adapted for sale with the safety pin and hook plate and to be secured to any corset in use.

In the drawing, Figure 1 is an elevation at the lower front and central portion of a corset showing one form of my invention connected thereto. Fig. 2 is an edge view in larger size of the part shown in Fig. 1 as connected to the corset and which constitutes a form of my invention. Figs. 3, 4, 5, 7 and 9 represent elevations of parts of a corset showing forms of my invention. Fig. 6 is a section through the corset body and side elevation in larger size of the parts shown in Fig. 5. Fig. 8 is a sectional plan in larger size at the dotted line x, of Fig. 7. Fig.

10 is an elevation showing the form of my invention of Fig. 3, together with a safety pin of ordinary construction and the hook plate, which three parts as connected and shown in Fig. 9 are advantageously sold in department and other stores for use in connection with any style or form of corset.

In Figs. 1, 3, 4, 5, and 7 of the drawing, a, and b represent the fabric halves of a corset. This is simply illustrative as my invention does not in any respect relate to the structure of the corset, the same being of any form or construction.

al b1 represent the corset steels or the location thereof,y the fastening devices, that is, the slotted plate and post being shown at a2 b2.

I have shown several forms of my invention in the drawing; all of these forms embodying essentially the features of the invention, namely, a tubular member and an integral plate part thereof adapted for connection with the corset either by sewing or as a clip, and in all of which the tubular member lies entirely at one side of the plane of the plate so that the plate may lie fiat against the face of the corset to which itis attachable.

In Fig. 1 c represents the tubular member and c1 the integral part. This is also shown in Fig. 2 in larger size by an edge view. The integral part c1 is provided with several holes 2 and this is connected preferably to the covering of the left hand steel of the corset by stitches; the tubular member c being long enough to extend across the gap between the steels and overlap upon the opposite steel, and provide for a central line of tension or pull equally at each side of the center or meeting edges of the steels.

In the form of my invention shown in Fig. 3, d represents the tubular member and di the integral part. This latter is provided with holes 2 to be connected to the fabric of the corset covering either steel by sewing. The tubular member of Fig. 3 is the same width as the integral part d1 and this repre* sents a simple form of the invention 5 also the least desirable form as the same is entirely upon one side of the central union of the corset, and does not provide a central line of tension.

In the form of my invention shown in Fig. 4 e represents the tubular member and el the integral part. This latter is also provided with several holes 2wvhich are secured by sewing to the covering of the left hand steel IIO of the corset. This tubular member with the integral part forms a substantial letter T j the holes 2 of the part el being arranged in a row at right angles to the line of the tubular member so as to come at equal distances from the edge of the corset so that the sewed my invention c and d in Figs. 1 and 3 might not be as easily attached by sewingas the form shown in Fig. 4. In this form shown in Fig. 4 the tubular member 1s long enough to reach over the mtervenmg and overlap a part of the oppositesteel, with the object described with reference `to the form of my invention shown in Fig. l.

In the form of my invention shown in Figs; 5 and 6, f represents the tubular member an'd f1 the integral part. This integral part is oi U-form in sectional plan so that itis adapted to embrace o-r straddle or pass over the edge of the corset at one steel, a part passing .behind the steel and a part in front, vand in this form of my4V invention Iprovide a notch 3 in the outer face of the integral part f1 to receive the studfl of the corset'fastener. This per# forms Vthe function of anchoring thefpinning devicein position on the'colset. Y

Inl the form of my invention shown in Figs. 7 `and 8, g represents the `tulmlar member and g1 the-integralpart, and While the forml of my invention shown in Figs. 5 and G'fis particularly adapted for connection with theleft hand steel of the corset, or the steel having the post, the form of my invention shown in Figs. 7 and 8 may be adapted for connection with either steel notwithstanding the fact that it is shown in connection with the right hand steel of the corset. This form shownin Figs. 7 and 8 comprises with the tubular memberl g, a l J.-shapedintegral party g1 adapted to embrace orextendiaround the edge of the corset steely and itsfabric covering, and in this form .I` provide small' projections 5k extending inward and ltoward one another froml the opposite faces-of the part g1 which force themselves intothe fabric covering ofthe steel as the devicelis 'pressedtofposition by the iinger; this being "the holding means for preventing .the accidental vseparation of this form of my invention from position on the corset.

lIt will be noticed with reference to the forms shown in Figs. 5 to 8 inclusive that the tubular member is'long enough to extend over the gap. ofthe edgesl ofthe corsetand eXtend part way. over the adjacentsteel.` Fig. 9 shows a form of my invention in which the tubularmember 7c is placed vertically andl the integral part-7cl adapted .for connecs tionwith `the fabric coveringof the steel. This maybe sewed in place as shown, or Inadewith a cliplike Figs. 5-8.

gap lbetween-the edges of the steels and be brought together 10 shows a form of my invention connected to a safety pin h of ordinary character 'withwhich is connected 'a hook plated, the pin-b ar of-thesa-fety pin being passed through the pinning device d. The safety pin and hook plate i form no part of my invention'as they are well known and can be purchased on themark'et; in1 department and other stores.

In all the forms of my invention the tubular member is adapted to`receive1thepinbar offa safety-pin` soy that in use one-of the forms of. my invention accompanies a safety pin and ta ihook plate and whichever form o-my `invention may thus accompany. these parts, the same isfadapted foivattachrnent to a cofrsetffo-r the purpose-of holdingdown ar shirtwaist or other waist so that in a womanfs attirev afflat front orllongwaist effect maybe produced.

While I 'haveshown only. one of my.l iniproved.` pinning down l devices as Y connected toa corset, itis-obvious thatin any case if desired more than one can be sewed orotherwiseconnected, and thus: provide several pinningfdown places, the devices. employed not being materiallyin fthe way or interfering withthe use or actionfofthe corset, .and while1 I have shown ain-umher 'of modified forms of@` my inventiom; it i is obvious that other forms or modiications thereof may be constructedvinl all ofwhieh therewill be a 'tubular mem-ber. and an integral'plate part to lbe connected tothesteel ofthe vcorse-t.

I do not :limit mysell'to the Vproportions of either the tubular-for integral parts orto the provisionwiththe integral 4part for sewing in place.

The several forms of my invention herein described and illustrated the drawing, are ali readily attachable to and detachable from the corset-at-the steels, for theY device 'of my improvement does notv lose its-useful life when the corset to-'wh'ichitis attached is worn -out or becomes tool soiled for further wear. To Va woman nothing is more-easily accomplished than to attach this devicebya few sew-ing threads to acorset, or to out the threads and remove the deviceand then sew the device to a new corset. The structures shown in Figs. 5, 6 and '18 areialsoreadily attachedfto and detached from; the corset at the steels.

I claim las my invention:

1. A means lfor pinning down a waistto -a corset, ythe same comprisingatubul-ar memb'er and an integral plate part, .the former lyingatone side of the plane of th-eplate-part and ada ted' to receive the bar of a suitable pin and t e latter adapted to b'efconnected to the-front of a corset.-

2. A meansffor pinning down a'waist to -a corset,theA same comprising a tubularmember.l and an integral pla-te part,'- the former lyingat one'sideof theiplane of theiplate part and extendingabeyondan edgefofy the'latter and the latter adapted to be secured to the fabric of a corset over the front steel.

3. A means for pinning down a Waist to a corset, the same comprising a tubular membei' and an integral plate part, the former lying at one side of the plane of the plate part and the latter provided With a series of holes by which the same may be seWed to the fabric of a corset over the front steel and the former adapted to receive the bar of a suitable pin.

4. A means for pinning down a Waist to a corset, the same comprising a tubular member and an integral plate part, the latter being provided With a series of holes by which the same may be seWed to the fabric of a corset over the front steel and the former adapted to receive the pin bar of a safety pin, said tubular member being of greater length than the Width of its integral part so as to extend across the intervening gap between the steels and overlap the adjacent steel.

5. A means for pinning down a Waist to a corset, the same comprising a tubular member and an integral plate part, the former lying entirely at one side of the plane part of the plate and adapted to receive the pin bar of a safety pin and the latter so constructed and provided as to be readily and directly attached to or detached from a corset at one of the front steels.

6. A means for pinning down a Waist to a corset, the same comprising a tubular member and an integral plate part, theJ former adapted to receive the pin bar of a safety pin and the latter so constructed and provided as to be readily attached to a corset at one of the front steels, the said tubular member being of elongated form and Wider than its integral part so as to extend across the intervening gap between the steels and overlap the steel which is adjacent to the steel to Which it is attached.

Signed by me this 12th day of May, 1908.

SAMUEL KOPS.

Witnesses:

GEO. T. PINCKNEY, E. ZACHARIASEN. 

